AMD A8-9600 vs Intel Core i3-3210

AMD A8-9600
AMD Socket AM4DESKTOP
3100 MHz / Cores: 4 / Sep 2016
AMD A8-9600
Intel Core i3-3210
Intel Socket 1155DESKTOP
3200 MHz / Cores: 2 / Jan 2013
Intel Core i3-3210

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • AMD A8-9600
    100%
  • Intel Core i3-3210
    137%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • AMD A8-9600
    100%
  • Intel Core i3-3210
    158%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • AMD A8-9600
    100%
  • Intel Core i3-3210
    117%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider AMD A8-9600

This is a newer product, it might have better application compatibility/performance (check features chart below).

Reasons to consider Intel Core i3-3210

Much higher single threaded performance (around 58% higher), makes a noticeable performance difference in gaming and the majority of applications.
17% higher multi threaded performance.
Around 37% higher average synthetic performance.

Intel Core i3-3210

Gaming

HWBench recommends Intel Core i3-3210

Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.

No winner

Productivity

No clear winner declared



Specifications

Features

AMD A8-9600Intel Core i3-3210
MMX
3DNow!
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSE4A
AMD64
CnQ
NX bit
AMD-V
SSSE3
SSE4.2
AVX
EIST
Intel 64
Hyper-Threading
XD bit
VT-x
TXT

Architecture

AMD A8-9600Intel Core i3-3210
ArchitectureAMD ExcavatorvsIntel_IvyBridge
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR4vsDDR3
CodenameBristol RidgevsIvy Bridge
Release DateSep 2016vsJan 2013

Cores

AMD A8-9600Intel Core i3-3210
Cores4vs2
Threads4vs4
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsRadeon R7vsIntel HD 2500

Cache

AMD A8-9600Intel Core i3-3210
L1 Cache128 KB (per core)vs64 KB (per core)
L2 Cache512 KB (per core)vs256 KB (per core)
L3 Cache0 KBvs3072 KB (shared)

Physical

AMD A8-9600Intel Core i3-3210
SocketAMD Socket AM4vsIntel Socket 1155
Max Case Tempunknownvs65°C
PackageuPGAvsFC-LGA12C
Die Sizeunknownvs94mm²
Process14 nmvs22 nm

Performance

AMD A8-9600Intel Core i3-3210
Cpu Frequency3100 MHzvs3200 MHz
Turbo Clock3400 MHzvsnone
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
Voltageunknownvsunknown
TDP65 Wvs55 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • AMD A8-9600
    2346 points
  • Intel Core i3-3210
    3296 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • AMD A8-9600
    7443 points
  • Intel Core i3-3210
    7910 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

  • AMD A8-9600 (simulated)
    72.05
  • Intel Core i3-3210 (simulated)
    114.05

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

  • AMD A8-9600 (simulated)
    260.24
  • Intel Core i3-3210 (simulated)
    304.91

points - higher is better